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** Golf course in Schenley Park aims for the green financially as neighborhood seeks input ([link removed])
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A program in Squirrel Hill that helps school students and others toward empowerment through golf has a $10 million plan to improve its course, but neighbor concerns have it scaling back its revenue models.
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This year’s Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh theme, Home, invites artists and partners to explore what it means to belong, feel grounded and imagine Pittsburgh as a place where everyone can thrive. Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh will offer community workshops from June through October, creating space for artists to experiment and develop ideas while reinforcing the belief that making home and imagining justice are collective acts. Click here ([link removed]) to learn more about the Call for Art and to register for our opening workshop on June 19.


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Advocates call for county intervention as developer touts improvements to Springdale data center ([link removed]) — Six months after a contentious vote to greenlight a major data center in a small river town, developers are looking to win over critics through public engagement. Advocates want Allegheny County to step up where they feel the borough fell short.

Two years after Gaza encampment, expelled Pitt student awaits his day in court ([link removed]) — Muhammad Ali’s lawyer has argued in court filings that the charges are motivated by unlawful discrimination based on Ali’s race, religion and “the exercise of his constitutional rights including his outspoken advocacy for the liberation of Palestine.”

Pa. rape crisis centers: We are not a budget line item ([link removed]) — Advocates hope to more than double it with an additional $12.5 million.


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→ Somali World Cup referee denied entry to U.S. arrives home to hero’s welcome ([link removed]) (AP)


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** TODAY IN HISTORY 📅
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9 years ago, 2017: The Penguins beat the Predators in Nashville, 2-0, to win the team’s fifth Stanley Cup championship and become the first back-to-back champion since 1998. (NHL)

20 years ago, 2006: Dignitaries including Gov. Ed Rendell attended the farewell Mass for Bishop Donald Wuerl, who left the Pittsburgh Catholic diocese to become Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (Post-Gazette)

40 years ago, 1986: The U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, with a five-member majority reaffirming Roe v. Wade and writing that the Pennsylvania regulations served no state interest and were designed to deter women from having abortions. (New York Times)


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😂 DVE Comedy Festival ([link removed]) 8 p.m. June 27 | Byham Theater, Downtown

🚲 Open Streets ([link removed]) June 28 | Downtown and South Side | Free

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